The mid 1970s witnessed huge wealth being amassed from the extraction of oil from deep below the shifting sands of the vast Arabian deserts. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia underwent an amazing metamorphosis, unparalleled in human history. Chaos ruled With lily white knees and flapping shorts, Robin Shea appeared in the Red Sea port of Jeddah to stake a claim in the oil boom. After ten years of service in the U.K. Police, frustration swept through his mundane existence, the desire to earn money burned deep. Could he drive? That was the question. Having left a stable job and family in pursuit of...

Set against the backdrop of the ancient Roman city of Chester, England, Robin T. Shea's latest novel, Parallels, is a complex story of human frailties and foibles. Sam Black is a successful businessman who has become ensnared in an intimate relationship with his personal assistant. Beautiful, but volatile Iraqi-born Karima Bahanyha will do anything to protect Sam, the love of her life, including murder. To complicate matters, Sam is in love with Jane, the wife of his Marketing Manager, Alan Murby, an alcoholic, bent on self-destruction. He lies to everyone-his boss, his family, and himself,...